Flames fully engulfed this apartment house in 100 block of South Street near East Southport Road and Madison Avenue on Friday morning.

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An early morning fire on the Southside heavily damaged a five-unit apartment building and sent two people to the hospital with inhalation issues and heat exhaustion.

The fire was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of South Street near East Southport Road and Madison Avenue. Indianapolis Fire Department spokesman Larry Tracy said the three-story building was fully engulfed in fire.